is the
German
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word for a
rifle. Prior to the 1840s, rifled guns were not widespread, usually muzzle-loading and termed , as they are still in German
hunting
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jargon today. Afterwards, became the standard term for military-type rifles.
The term "Gewehr" can be encountered in the context of 19th and 20th century
military history for nonspecific rifles from German-speaking countries, e.g. in
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, in particular for types produced before
German unification
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in 1871.
Specific types, sorted chronologically from 1841 to 1997 and with designer given, are:
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Gewehr 41
The Gewehr 41 (German for: rifle 41), commonly known as the G41(W) or G41(M), denoting the manufacturer (Walther or Mauser), are two distinct and different battle rifles manufactured and used by Nazi Germany during World War II. They were large ...
(Dreyse, 1841)
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Gewehr 71 (Mauser, 1871)
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Gewehr 88
The Gewehr 88 (commonly called the Model 1888 commission rifle) was a late 19th-century German bolt-action rifle, adopted in 1888.
The invention of smokeless powder in the late 19th century immediately rendered all of the large-bore black powder ...
(state committee, 1888)
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Gewehr 98
The Gewehr 98 (abbreviated G98, Gew 98, or M98) is a German bolt-action rifle made by Mauser, firing cartridges from a five-round internal clip-loaded magazine. It was the German service rifle from 1898 to 1935, when it was replaced by the Kar ...
(Mauser, 1898)
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T-Gewehr (Mauser, 1918)
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Gewehr 41
The Gewehr 41 (German for: rifle 41), commonly known as the G41(W) or G41(M), denoting the manufacturer (Walther or Mauser), are two distinct and different battle rifles manufactured and used by Nazi Germany during World War II. They were large ...
(Walther, 1941)
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Gewehr 43
The Gewehr 43 or Karabiner 43 (abbreviated G43, K43, Gew 43, Kar 43) is a 7.92×57mm Mauser caliber semi-automatic rifle developed by Germany during World War II. The design was based on that of the earlier G41(W), but incorporated an improved ...
(Walther, 1943)
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Sturmgewehr 44
The StG 44 (abbreviation of Sturmgewehr 44, "assault rifle 44") is a German assault rifle developed during World War II by Hugo Schmeisser. It is also known by its early designations as the MP 43 and MP 44 (''Maschinenpistole 43'' and ''44''). ...
(CITEFA/Schmeisser, 1944)
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Gewehr 36 (Heckler & Koch, 1997)
See also
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German military rifles The evolution of German military rifles is a history of common and diverse paths followed by the separate German states, until the mid-19th century when Prussia emerged as the dominant state within Germany and the nation was unified. This article di ...
Rifles
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